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Short Fuse Podcast #41: Finding Home Through Song: A Conversation with Naledi Masilo

June 22, 2021
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Naledi Masilo is a South African musician who explores the beauty and power of music and song to expand our sense of place.

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Jazz Album Review: Superb Celebrations of the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

June 19, 2021
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Vocalist Anaïs Reno and Mark Masters and his big band supply compelling homages to the brilliance of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

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Rock Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney’s “Path of Wellness” — Healing Hometown

June 17, 2021
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This version of the band is less gritty and angry then back in the ’90s, but it is still identifiably anarchistic.

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Classical Album Review: Lise Davidsen sings Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi

June 17, 2021
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A singer with a gleaming instrument that’s at once mighty and agile, Lise Davidsen’s drawn comparisons with some of the legendary voices of the past.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (June Entry)

June 16, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Leonard Bernstein, Leon Russell, The Faces, Carla Bley, and Rod Stewart.

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Classical Album Review: Saint-Saëns Symphonies courtesy of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Jean-Jacques Kantorow

June 15, 2021
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A welcome entry in complete sets of Camille Saint-Saëns’ five symphonies — a composer of his caliber deserves a wealth of viewpoints.

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Jazz Album Review: Saxophonist Ivo Perelman and Pianist Matthew Shipp — Creating Potent, Laser-like Thoughts

June 14, 2021
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Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp’s duets will draw in and fascinate listeners who are open to intelligent, virtuosic, and intimate improvisations, simultaneously logical and free.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Dave Holland and Ben Goldberg — Venturing into New Lands

June 12, 2021
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Bassist Dave Holland’s new album, Another Land, will take you to interesting places. Clarinetist’s Ben Goldberg’s latest, with its guitar/bass/drums core, might do the same.

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Book Review: “Seeing Sideways” — Parenting on the Edge

June 11, 2021
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Those who have followed Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh’s career over the past three decades are the target audience for this memoir. But she is a good enough writer to interest people who may never have listened to her music.

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Arts Interview: The New Head of Global Arts Live Talks Culture and Accessibility

June 10, 2021
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It’s so important in these times to present international and culturally diverse music and dance. It can be a joyful source of healing for our world, and Global Arts Live has been doing this since its inception..

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